adminLet’s lead on green policies
David Dickson
Yet more failure to make much progress on climate change in Durban means that developing countries must exert stronger political pressure. For three years in a row, there has been a disappointing end to international meetings that should have agreed on the steps needed to prevent the human and ecological disasters likely to result from a failure to limit man-made climate change.
Zimra sets new rules
Lovemore Chikova Deputy News Editor
CROSSBORDER travellers are, with immediate effect, now required to declare their goods
Council, CABS seal US$15m housing deal
Michael Chideme Municipal Reporter
HARARE City Council has signed an agreement
New allowance for rural teachers unveiled
Felex Share Herald Reporter
RURAL teachers will get 20 percent of their gross salaries as an allowance to cover incentives which their urban counterparts receive monthly from parents and guardians.
Most rural teachers are not getting incentives, creating a huge gap in earnings between them and their urban counterparts.
Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister David Coltart yesterday said they were working with other stakeholders, including the Ministry of Finance, on modalities of paying the allowance.
“The matter has been discussed in Cabinet and all the colleagues (ministers) were sympathetic with the rural teachers,” Minister Coltart said.
“We agreed that Government should deal with the imbalances existing between urban and rural teachers and the solution lies in a rural allowance for the educators.
“Everyone understands the financial constraints facing the Finance Minister (Tendai Biti) but solutions have to be found to the problems affecting the education sector as it is the backbone of every developing nation.”
Minister Coltart said teachers’ incentives will stay in the first term, which begins on Tuesday, while ways to improve civil servants’ conditions of service were being sought.
Female rapists resurface
Wenceslaus Murape Senior Reporter
CASES of female rapists that had stopped in the wake of the arrest of three suspects in Gweru last year have resurfaced amid reports that two men were sexually abused over the festive period.
AG assures officers
Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court Reporter
ATTORNEY-General Mr Johannes Tomana has assured his officers of better working conditions once the Attorney General’s Office Act becomes operational.
The Act was passed in Parliament and awaits operationalisation. Mr Tomana was speaking at an awards ceremony for the best law officers and prosecutors for 2011 held at a Harare hotel recently.
The AG also commended the officers for steadfastly remaining at work at a time most professionals in other offices were leaving for greener pastures.
“Over the past two years, the staff turnover rate has significantly reduced. Officers (in AG’s Office) have been long suffering as they hope the operationalisation of the Attorney General’s Office Act will come with better conditions of service. I want to assure you . . . that hope shall not fail,” he said.
Mr Tomana hailed the prosecutors and law officers for lifting the office’s flag high.
“I would like to appreciate the work done in the AG’s Office over the years in professionalism, hard work, commitment, loyalty and steadfastness . . . ” he said.
FCA Motors boss wins court battle
Court Reporter
FCA Motors owner Fredrick Mtandah has won a court battle to temporarily keep his passport after a Harare magistrate dismissed the State’s application compelling him to return the travel document.
Sikhala in court
Court Reporter
MDC 99 leader and former St Mary’s legislator Job Sikhala yesterday appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court charged with contravening sections of the immigration Act.
ZTE boss scoops top award
Business Reporter
President of the ZTE Corporation Mr Shi Lirong has been awarded the “Economics Figure of the Year” award by CCTV for being named the most influential economic figure of 2011.
From ‘terrorists’ to high-flying business leaders
JOHANNESBURG. – For decades, activists in the ANC were jailed and exiled as terrorists.